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COVID-19 TESTS

How tourists and visitors in Denmark can get a Covid test

Unvaccinated tourists and visitors will require frequent testing to take full advantage of their time in Denmark.

How tourists and visitors in Denmark can get a Covid test
A coronapas is required for entry into restaurants, museums, cultural institutions, events and more in Denmark. Photo: Signe Goldmann/Ritzau Scanpix

As part of Denmark’s ongoing coronapas system, unvaccinated tourists and visitors to Denmark will need to get tested every 96 hours to make the most of their trip. 

A negative Covid test, a positive test between 14 days and 8 months old, or a vaccination certificate (including the EU digital Covid certificate) is required for entry into restaurants, museums, cultural institutions, events and more.

Where can I get tested?

PCR and rapid test (antigen test) centres are found in all five regions of Denmark, and tests are free of charge and do not require an appointment. Test centre addresses and opening hours are available on coronasmitte.dk

Foreigners without a Danish CPR number and NemID can be tested at all PCR test centres in Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark), Region Sjælland (Region Zealand) and Region Nordjylland (North Denmark Region). In Region Syddanmark (Region of Southern Denmark) and Region Midtjylland (Central Denmark Region), foreigners can be tested at selected PCR test centres. 

How do I access my results?

You can access your PCR test results on covidresults.dk within 24 to 48 hours, though you need to register as a user at Covidresults.dk before you can be tested at a public test centre in Denmark, according to Statens Serum Institut.

Results can be provided by text message for rapid (antigen) tests. Or, you can wait at the test centre for 15 and 30 minutes for your results. 

Will I be tested upon arrival?

Visitors will also need to get tested at the airport upon arrival, unless you’re coming from green countries and regions, according to Denmark’s colour system for classing travel restrictions. 

There are test centres at the airports in Copenhagen, Billund and Aalborg:

  • At Copenhagen Airport, the rapid test centre is located just before the border crossing checkpoint and a PCR-test spot outside the airport.
  • At Billund Airport, the rapid test centre is located just after the border crossing checkpoint in the baggage collection area. Passengers will be checked as they pass through customs before exiting the airport.
  • At Aalborg Airport, the rapid test centre is located just before the border crossing checkpoint

What if I’m vaccinated?

Vaccinated EU residents and residents that have recovered from COVID-19 in the previous eight months will have the smoothest visit to Denmark—just scan your QR code at the entrance of any controlled area.

According to the Danish authorities’ Coronasmitte website, it is possible to use a foreign vaccination certificate to get a valid Danish coronapas, so long as: 

  • The vaccine used has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (currently Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. 
  • It has been at least 14 days since your first dose 
  • You then have had your second jab within 42 days of your first dose.

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COVID-19 TESTS

Denmark to close all remaining Covid-19 test centres by end of March

Health authorities in Denmark have decided that all regions will close any remaining Covid-19 test centres by the end of March.

Denmark to close all remaining Covid-19 test centres by end of March

The decision, confirmed by the South Denmark regional authority in a statement on Friday, reflects the limited demand for Covid-19 testing just under three years since the pandemic broke out in Denmark.

Closure of the remaining test centres does not mean it will no longer be possible to be tested for the coronavirus.

Instead, PCR tests will be offered at GP surgeries or hospitals if considered necessary by doctors. If there is no medical indication for a test, members of the public will be advised to use a self-administered lateral flow test.

Region South Denmark said that it would close its remaining centres in Odense, Svendborg, Vejle, Kolding, Aabenraa, Sønderborg, Esbjerg and on the island of Ærø on an ongoing basis by March 31st.

“It is good that Covid-19 is relatively minor in our society now, three years after the first Danes were infected with the disease,” the Region’s director Kurt Espersen said in the statement.

“National authorities have concluded that the response to corona now goes into a new phase,” he said.

“That means that public PCR testing is phased out by March 31st and that we can therefore close the regional test provisions that began in April 2020,” he said.

The closure of the state-funded test centres means regional health authorities will no longer receive money from the government to cover the operating costs of the testing facilities.

Some 67 million PCR tests have been administered at Danish Covid-19 test centres since they first appeared in April 2020, including 3.4 million positive tests according to national data.

Privately-operated antibody or “quick” test centres were phased out and closed last year, after giving around 61 million tests.

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